# x-motemen/gore

Yet another Go REPL that works nicely. Featured with line editing, code completion, and more.

Repository: https://github.com/x-motemen/gore
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gore
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-07-30T13:43:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 92/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 83, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4221, "days_push": 34, "days_rel": 34, "gap_med": 79.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5511, forks 152 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:21.805863+00:00)

## What it is
gore is a Go REPL (read-eval-print loop) that supports line editing, multi-line input, code completion via gopls, and auto-importing of packages. It evaluates Go expressions, statements, and function declarations interactively by running code with `go run`.

## Use cases
- experiment with Go code interactively
- test Go expressions without writing a full program
- learn Go syntax in a REPL
- quickly check the type of a Go expression
- prototype Go functions before adding them to a project
- look up Go package documentation from the terminal

## When to choose
- you want an interactive Go playground in your terminal with line editing and completion
- you need to quickly evaluate Go snippets without creating a module and main function
- you want REPL commands like :doc, :type, and :write to export your session as source

## When to avoid
- you need fast, stateful evaluation - gore re-runs all input with `go run` each line, so it is slow and cannot preserve side effects like time.Now()
- you need a standalone binary - gore requires the Go toolchain at runtime
- you want a graphical IDE-style playground rather than a terminal tool

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, interpreter
- domain: developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: cli, go, cross-platform
- tags: go-repl, read-eval-print-loop, interactive-shell, code-completion, line-editing, command-line, docker

## Member repositories
- x-motemen/gore (main) score 92

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:21.805863+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:56:15.527091+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/x-motemen/gore (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:21.805863+00:00, sha a0c080347eb1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.